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Scottish poet, journalist, biographer, and critic whose career began with his 1965 publication of Society Inebrious. His later poetic works include The Voyage, A Perpetual Motion Machine, and A Pint of Bitter.He published a 1991 novel entitled East Is West.His biography of poet Robert Burns was published in 1973.
BEFORE FAMEHe met Hugh MacDiarmid, his literary mentor and friend, in 1962.
PERSONAL LIFEHe married Alice Howell in 1963. His daughter Valentina, following in her father's literary footsteps, earned the position of head of Scottish Studies at the University of Glasgow at Dumfries.
FUN FACTSPoet Alan Norman Bold were born on Tuesday, birthstone is Diamond, the seaon was Spring in the Chinese year of Goat, it is 103 days until Alan Norman Bold next birthday.
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